The Shemwell Family

Gladys Alberta MillerAge: 34 years19081942

Name
Gladys Alberta Miller
Given names
Gladys Alberta
Surname
Miller
Married name
Gladys Alberta Ratcliff
Birth May 20, 1908

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 9 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death October 15, 1942 (Age 34 years)

Family with Charles C Ratcliff - View this family
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herself
daughter
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Charles C Ratcliff + Eunice Freeman - View this family
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husband’s wife
Eunice Freeman
Birth: September 21, 1908 36 31Missouri, United States
Death: April 6, 2006Marshfield, Webster, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 19, 1943Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States

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